tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70261108829677173202014-11-21T05:44:14.167-05:00Paint Box PolishPaint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-80755107724658664952014-08-30T22:41:00.000-04:002014-08-30T22:45:46.137-04:00Abigail Leigh - Help me work to end ovarian cancer!September is ovarian cancer awareness month, and it is a cause near and dear to my heart because last year, my sister in law was diagnosed with it. Watching what this fierce, strong, hilarious, wonderful woman became during her chemo and radiation was incredibly sad. And terrifying. And I've never told her that. :) You see someone you love suffering and you put on a brave and happy face and try Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-45663824050704874862014-08-10T13:39:00.000-04:002014-08-10T13:39:15.547-04:00What's happening in the lab...Long time, no post readers! I've made it clear that I have no great love for writing and would rather be mixing in the lab, but I suppose I'd tease you lovelies with things that you can expect to see in the coming months.
First of all, I'd love to thank everyone for your interest in my cuticle oils! I picked just a couple of scents to offer in the beginning as I didn't know if this oil thing Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-83299922332257955462014-06-02T21:48:00.002-04:002014-06-02T21:48:41.414-04:00Sweet & Treats collection available now!For real swatches, I steal (lovingly and with permission) photos my talented friends have taken of my polishes.
First up we have Pygmy Puff - complete with a little flocking powder Arnold! - courtesy of Jacki from Adventures in Acetone.
Here is Ashley from Ashley Is Polish Addicted showcasing the violet flakies in Sugar Spun Quills.
Cas from The Mani-Logues used Sugar Spun QuillsPaint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-52908788873383606522014-05-13T08:07:00.000-04:002014-05-13T08:07:18.744-04:00INDIEana Handicraft Exchange - See us in person!I'm excited to share with you that Paint Box Polish will be a vendor in this summer's INDIEana Handicraft Exchange show in Indianapolis! There are going to be a ton of vendors there (though I believe PBP is the only polish vendor) with clothing, jewelry, paper goods, toys, etc. It looks to be a real-life Etsy. I'm very excited!
I will have all colors available - oldies plus the Summer Sweets & Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-61104624687505850632014-05-09T12:18:00.000-04:002014-05-09T12:18:07.957-04:00Coming Soon - Paint Box Polish Sweets & Treats Collection!Summer is almost here and so are some bright, new colors! I drew inspiration from all things summer. Flowers, sun, fun, and candy! Here are some quick shots of the new colors. I'll highlight more swatch photos from bloggers after I send out blogger packs and posts start appearing!
The colors in this set are L-R: Acid Pops, Pygmy Puff, Fizzing Whizbees, and Sugar Spun Quills. Yes, fellow Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-71598040423293604362014-02-19T20:11:00.002-05:002014-02-19T20:11:29.810-05:00Ch-ch-changes...I've been putting a lot of thought into this blog and the direction I want to take it. It started as a place to post pictures and remind myself what the twenty polishes I had looked like on my hands.
My stash has grown, and I'm now spending most of my polish time creating new stuff for Paint Box Polish. I still love painting my nails, and they are almost never naked. I also love the excitement Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-37937994257198984682014-01-23T07:15:00.001-05:002014-01-23T07:15:53.048-05:00Dandy Nails Love Affair
Today I've got my first polish from Dandy Nails! Sandy makes fabulous polishes and is well-established in the indie polish world. She came out with a set of amazing holos (the DandyGraphic collection) in November and I forced myself to buy only one. Because I'm trying to show restraint. :)
Love Affair is a dark pink, burgundy-ish color that is just beautiful. Then throw in that lovely, tightlyPaint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-72335384744117241402014-01-19T20:54:00.001-05:002014-01-19T21:16:59.407-05:00A Study in Polish I Do Post-Mortems and Not Your Housekeeper
It's just about an hour until the new season of Sherlock airs on PBS (9:58 EST), and in it's honor, I'm back with the newest Sherlock polishes from A Study in Polish.
First up is I Do Post-Mortems, which is inspired by the ever lovely Molly Hooper. A soft, neutral pink with a low-key holographic shimmer. This is like Mind Palace's quiet little sister. (see my review of Mind Palace and my Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-40136180275700669862013-11-29T00:42:00.006-05:002013-11-29T00:42:59.186-05:00The Women Of Harry Potter collection is Live!The collection is live in my Etsy shop. Link over there in the left column, or here for mobile users!
A Little Bit Different
Slightly Unstable
Glittery Heels
His Chosen One
Brains & Bravery
Mama Lion
Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-77911641403889794012013-11-25T21:00:00.001-05:002013-11-25T21:00:17.265-05:00Thinning the herd...I went through my polish stash in an effort to get a bit of Christmas spending money! I've created a board on Pinterest with what I'm letting go, prices, etc. There are indie polishes, main stream polishes, and a few hard to find polishes. Poke around here and let me know if there's anything you'd like!Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-51811861564752565952013-11-22T10:00:00.000-05:002013-11-22T10:00:02.360-05:00Coming Black Friday! Paint Box Polish Winter Collection!
I'm excited for today's post, readers!! I've got swatches of my new late fall/winter collection which is inspired by the women of Harry Potter! I've been working on this set for a long time and I'm glad to finally bring them to you.
More photos after the jump!
First up is His Chosen One, which is inspired by Ginny Weasley. Ginny seemed to be a character who spent most of her timePaint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-38219054517426883812013-11-21T09:00:00.000-05:002013-11-21T09:00:00.875-05:00Zoya Kimber and Zuza - a last nod to summer!
I am cleaning out my drafts folder and I found this mani that I wore at the beginning of the summer. Zoya Kimber with a Zuza accent. I love both of these, shades, they just scream summer and warm weather to me!
Both shades are shown with two coats and are available at zoya.com.
Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-84972597161812108232013-11-19T09:00:00.000-05:002013-11-19T09:00:01.806-05:00Digital Nails Expelliarmus!
Even though Expelliarmus is a spell from Harry Potter, this polish is from Digital Nails' Doctor Who Companion Collection. It's basically fangirl Pam in a bottle. Inspired by Martha Jones in one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes (Shakespeare quoting Harry Potter? Yes, please), it's one of my favorite spells, in my favorite color, and one of my very favorite bloggers ever named it. (If you Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-8870522739718088982013-11-17T17:00:00.000-05:002013-11-17T17:00:05.553-05:00Digital Nails Obliviate!
I can't believe I haven't posted this one! Obliviate is from Digital Nails' Harry Potter Spells collection and is all sorts of fabulous. In the first two photos I layered one coat over a black creme (gotta conserve this beautiful polish!) and you can see the green/gold duochrome effect. Oh. And the holo. Holy smokes that linear holo goodness.
The formula was great. I used CND Stickey as a Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-12091547711199306102013-11-08T10:00:00.000-05:002013-11-08T10:00:00.359-05:00Illamasqua Baptiste
I have drooled over Illamasqua Baptiste for ages. I've even had it in my hand twice, but for some reason I never bought it. Then I found her in a blog sale and couldn't resist!
Baptiste is a dark royal purple polish (could it be a more Pam polish? No!) with a dark pink-ish purple shimmer that glows beautifully! It went on in two easy coats. I do wish it was a bit more obviously purple as Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-86679864525643107482013-11-06T07:20:00.000-05:002013-11-06T07:20:14.006-05:00Urban Outfitters Sea Dust
I was digging through my "To Be Blogged" folder and saw that I still hadn't posted this mani from over the summer! My co-worker and keeper-of-my-8-5-sanity went to a conference in Las Vegas this summer and spent a lot of time shopping. You know, to avoid the heat. Anyway, I wanted to check out Urban Outfitter's polish selection, and was glad to find this Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream dupe on Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-80180850268587135512013-10-19T09:00:00.000-04:002013-10-19T09:00:03.923-04:00Sonia Kashuk Tauped
Sometimes you need a good, clean creme polish. DH had training to do at work (an hour away) and I tagged along to squeeze a nice dinner out of him. While he was training, I killed time at Target. The one in my town closed more than ten years ago and I miss it dearly. So, yes dear. I CAN kill two hours in Target!
I cruised through the beauty section and decided to get a Sonia Kashuk polish as Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-19202716696655166052013-10-17T09:00:00.000-04:002013-10-17T09:00:08.487-04:00OMG Nail Strips Review
*Press Sample*
Today I've reviewed OMG Nail Strips in Crow. In this kit, you get the standard 16 polish strips in the standard varied sizes. These strips are thicker than Sally Hansen's polish strips, but not quite as thick as China Glaze's. They claim up to ten days wear, but I took them off after just a couple of days. I get bored too easily.
Application was pretty standard. Pick thePaint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-46932920665660517602013-10-15T09:00:00.000-04:002013-10-15T09:00:00.800-04:006 Harts Polish Blow Me... A Raspberry!
Readers, today I've got a beauty for you! This is my first (And not last... Lookin' at you, Bat Crap Crazy!) 6 Harts Polish, and it is a bright berry stunner packed with mildly linear holo particles. It is fairly reminiscent of Orly Miss Conduct, but I absolutely love the formula on this one, so I may have to let Miss Conduct go. Blow me (heh, heh) is shown here with two easy coats and a splash Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-70720844312335926212013-10-13T20:46:00.000-04:002013-10-13T20:46:27.297-04:00Ninja Polish Hydra
Today I've got a polish that I swatched ages ago, but have left in the "to be blogged" box since Ninja Polish hasn't restocked it. Today, I decided I didn't want to leave it hidden anymore!
When Ninja Polish released their Dragon Collection, I snatched up several and gifted all but this one. Kinda accidentally, but hey. I've got lots of polish. The Dragon Collection is made up of fabulous Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-8170321139119714702013-10-02T20:53:00.002-04:002013-10-02T20:53:59.779-04:00Digital Nails Spells! Pt 1 - Stupify, Colovaria, Nox
Pic heavy post... Not sorry!
I saw teases of Digital Nails' HP Spells collection on her Facebook page a few days before the release and set an alarm on my phone so that I'd remember to be ON ETSY when they released. :) It was one of those furious, get-it-in-the-cart-and-get-out-and-oh-please-don't-let-me-get-cart-jacked moments. I managed to get everything I wanted. Yes!!
First up is Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-69733031592044434762013-09-25T18:27:00.000-04:002013-09-25T18:27:54.455-04:00Scofflaw Nail Varnish David Bowie's Bulge
Today I have my latest purchase from the awesome Scofflaw Nail Varnish... David Bowie's Bulge. Ha ha ha!! The color is inspired by David Bowie's Aladdin Sane album. The name? Have you seen Labyrinth? If so, you know what I'm talking about.
The base is a squishy-yet-opaque coral (not quite as bright as it appears here) filled with different sized teal glitter and smaller red and bronze Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-15763450720201623672013-09-23T10:00:00.000-04:002013-09-23T10:00:03.144-04:00Orly Miss Conduct
Today's beauty is one of my luckiest polish finds yet! Miss Conduct is a highly coveted and hard to find part of Orly's Naughty and Nice Holiday 2012 collection. I'd seen it on a few blogs and looked everywhere... to no avail.
Fast forward nine months and I was in my local TJ Maxx. I always swing through the beauty section because there are occasionally awesome deals (Hello, liter bottles of Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-6602291554835751042013-09-21T12:00:00.000-04:002013-09-21T12:00:06.212-04:00OPI DS Indulgence
Add this one to the "My Bestie is flipping awesome" file. She gifted me with this beauty from OPI's Fall 2012 DS Collection for my birthday. Look at it!
DS Indulgence has a cool, sparkly, vivid red base and is packed to the gills with gold flecks. It was perfectly opaque after two easy coats, but adding a thin third coat really gives it depth. I haven't gotten so many compliments on a Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026110882967717320.post-38197744337383196442013-09-19T21:00:00.000-04:002013-09-19T21:00:01.535-04:00Maybelline Color Show Navy Narcissist
I picked this one up at a CVS 75% off clearance. I just can't pass up a polish for less than $1. I love the color. It's metallic, not brush-strokey, and my favorite shade of blue. Sadly, the formula is shit. Completely awful. I thought it may be a one-coater, but the balding was so bad I had to use three coats. Wear time wasn't that great either.
This is the only Maybelline Color Show Paint Box Polishhttps://plus.google.com/104458286318633646842noreply@blogger.com1